Tonight on TV: This is a great adventure movie and you’ve probably never seen it

For several years, he played Jason Bourne, an astronaut lost in space alone on Mars, a war fighter in Private Ryan, a young rebel and computer genius in Will Hunting… You probably guessed it, this is Matt Damon.

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But we often forget that the actor also played a 12th-century mercenary in Imou Zhang’s Great Wall (Casualty of War). Released in theaters in 2017, this adventure film follows a prisoner locked in the prisons of the Great Wall of China. his name William Garin (Matt Damon).

It is there that he discovers the secret function of the world’s most colossal wonder: the building trembles under the incessant attacks of monstrous creatures determined to destroy all humans. Thus, the mercenary joins his captors, an elite faction of the Chinese army, in a final showdown to save humanity. In this battle, he discovers his true calling: heroism.

A film with a record budget

Also on screen are Jin Tian (Pacific Rim 2), Pedro Pascal (Narcos), Willem Dafoe (Poor Creatures), Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs), Zhang Hanyu (The Last Kingdom) and Numan Akar (Homeland). A five-star cast, perfect for an adventure film.

And the least we can say is that the special effects are spectacular. To reproduce the Great Wall of China, a replica of more than 1 km2 was built in a village in Huangdao. A total of 20,000 bricks were required and a 12m long, 2.5m wide and 3m high green screen was installed. Only this!

That’s not all, because with a budget of $135 million, big wall It is none other than the most expensive film made in China. The only downside to this is that the feature film didn’t do as well as expected, with barely 850,000 viewers at the French box office and an average of 2.8 out of 5…

Tonight on NRJ12 at 9.10pm.